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Technological Advice and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to the Paris Agreement;
25. Requests the secretariat, as a matter of priority, to develop the centralized accounting
and reporting platform and the Article 6 database referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex,
paragraphs 32 and 35, on the basis of the relevant guidance contained in annex I,
chapters II–III, and to make available a test version by June 2024 with a view to the first
version being finalized by June 2025;
26. Also requests the secretariat, as part of the implementation of the centralized
accounting and reporting platform and the Article 6 database, to make the detailed
requirements of the platform and database available to Parties before the fifty-eighth session
of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to allow Parties to provide
views thereon via the submission portal within four weeks of publication of the requirements;
27. Invites Parties to submit views on their experience with the test version of the
centralized accounting and reporting platform and the Article 6 database and any inputs on
improving these systems via the submission portal within eight weeks of the release of the
test version;
28. Requests the secretariat to provide an interim solution by January 2023 for the
submission of information pursuant to decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV (Reporting),
until the centralized accounting and reporting platform and the Article 6 database are released
to enable participating Parties to make submissions, taking into account that the interim
solution shall enable the publishing of non-confidential information pursuant to decision
2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 24;
29. Strongly encourages participating Parties, in preparing tables for the submission of
information in relation to quantitative information as per decision 2/CMA.3, annex,
paragraphs 20 and 23, to use the pre-consistency check function of the centralized accounting
and reporting platform when it is made available, which shall not supersede the performance
of the consistency check after this information is submitted;
30. Requests the secretariat to develop and maintain the necessary processes and
guidelines for the submission and processing of the information referred to in
paragraphs 1(e–f) and 2 above, including in relation to the consistency check referred to in
decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 33(a), and to publish a user manual, including in a user-
friendly online version, for the Article 6 database and any supporting features and
functionalities of the centralized accounting and reporting platform in line with the timeline
for its implementation referred to in paragraph 25 above;
31. Also requests the secretariat to explore opportunities for streamlining the process of
making submissions under Articles 6 and 13, including by integrating the submission portal
of the centralized accounting and reporting platform referred to in annex I, paragraph 30(b),
with the submission portal for Article 13 reporting with a view to efficiently managing the
submission of information required under both Articles 6 and 13;
32. Further requests the secretariat to develop, publish and periodically update, for
participating Parties opting to apply the guidance referred to in annex I, chapter I.B, standards
and recommended practices for electronic recording of data and information related to
internationally transferred mitigation outcomes, and communication standards for
interoperability and transactions with internationally transferred mitigation outcomes,
including record-keeping arrangements, data security protocols, risk management and
disaster recovery procedures, and other practices, as necessary, including with inputs from
the forum referred to in paragraph 34 below, and to publish relevant outputs in a dedicated
area on the centralized accounting and reporting platform;
33. Requests the secretariat, pursuant to decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 30, to:
(a) Implement the international registry in accordance with the guidance contained
in annex I, chapter I.C, while prioritizing the requirements as per annex I, chapter I.A–B, and
make it available to participating Parties not later than 2024;
(b) Provide an interim solution for participating Parties until the international
registry becomes operational;